[development] Files directory on installation usability fix notquite usable. ; )

[Victor Kane]

Ah, this is interesting.

Correct me if I am wrong, but css background images, for example, are
relative according to best practices; likewise, in a module, things like the
following are best practices (if you are forced to invoke from theme):

  <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_path() .
'misc/collapse.js'?>"></script>

likewise path_to_theme(), drupal_get_path()

define("JS_directory", drupal_get_path('module', 'this_wonderful_module') .
'/js/');

Anyway, on a joyous note, today Tao Starbow announces yet another module,
scanner, which offers search and replace in configurable content types and
tables... maybe not everything being sought here, but a big help to some of
the PITA procedures being mentioned.

See his Global Search and Replace article
http://www.starbowconsulting.com/node/88

Victor Kane
http://awebfactory.com.ar




On Dec 9, 2007 1:24 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> On Dec 9, 2007 10:54 AM, Michelle Cox <mcox at charter.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "adrian rossouw" <adrian at bryght.com>
> > To: <development at drupal.org >
> > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: [development] Files directory on installation usability fix
> > notquite usable. ; )
> >
> >
> > > Perhaps the path in the files table should be relative to where the
> > > files directory is.
> >
> > I've been wondering about this myself since I got bit by it in 4.7. I
> > never
> > understood why the whole path is stuck in there. Makes it a real PITA to
> > move the files directory.
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
> Good point. This needs to be solved.
>
> But, it will not address any themes or modules that are under site
> specific
> directories (e.g. sites/example.com/modules, sites/example.com/themes).
> For those, the domain name is still in the path of all images, css, and js
> files.
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> 2bits.com
> http://2bits.com
> Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
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